The Kolkata Park Street gang rape case seems to be moving forward after four years with the arrest of the prime accused Kader khan from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. Kader along with Ali Khan, his accomplice, was arrested by a special team of Kolkata Police in a joint operation with Delhi Police. The accused were arrested from their hideout in an apartment in Ghaziabad last night, an officer stated.
Both Kader and Ali will be brought to Kolkata on transmit remand and will likely be produced at a local court on Saturday, as stated by sources in Kolkata.
A mother of two, the victim was gang raped on February 6, 2012, by five men who had offered to drop her home from a nightclub at city’s Park Street area. Aided with a tip-off, Kader absconded after the incident, after which the Kolkata police started tracking down his mobile calls. As soon as he was located near New Delhi, sleuths started tracking him down.
Based on the instructions of Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar’s special team was formed to nab Kader.
Kader was hiding in Bangladesh and after running out of cash he returned to Delhi via Nepal. After keeping him under surveillance for a week, a joint team from Delhi and Kolkata raided his hideout last night and arrested him, stated the IPS officer.
“We had information that Khan has returned to the country and was having regular interaction with his family members in Kolkata over a phone. We started tracking their numbers and found that calls from a particular number from Ghaziabad were made. We started tracking it and found that it was Kader’s,” the officer said, adding that Kader had rented the apartment in Ghaziabad under a false name.
